There are 26 houses for rent in Ixelles / Elsene. The average monthly rent is €3,997, while the listed range runs from €630 to €8,850. The municipality has 86,876 inhabitants within 6.4 km², and the average age is 37. Tenants make up 71% of residents. Average net income per capita is €16,829 a year. The population comprises 52.1% Belgian, 13.4% French, 5.3% Italian, 3% Spanish, 2.1% Portuguese, 2.1% German, 2% Romanian and 20.1% other nationalities; 51% are women.
Houses make up 36.2% of dwellings in the municipality, compared with 63.8% in apartment buildings. Across building types, 58.3% are buildings and flat blocks, 32.1% closed-type houses, 7.2% commercial houses, 1.4% other types, 0.9% semi-closed houses and 0.1% open-type houses, farms or castles. The average building age is around 1919, and homes average 4.7 rooms. Roads through Ixelles / Elsene include the N5, R20a, R21 and N261. From the centre, the A4 / E411–E25 access for Brussels, Namur and Arlon is a 4-minute drive; the A3 / E25–E40–E42 access towards Leuven, Liège and Eupen takes 7 minutes.
The public transport network includes metro lines 2 and 6, tram lines 25, 7, 8, 81 and 92, and 35 bus lines. Bus routes include 34, 38, 60, 71 and 95. Stations nearest the centre are Etterbeek, Mouterij / Germoir, Delta, Arcaden / Arcades and Brussel-Luxemburg / Bruxelles-Luxembourg. Families have 37 nurseries, 24 nursery schools, 24 primary schools and 14 secondary schools to choose from. Examples named in the municipality include Bleu Ciel, Groupe Scolaire Eugene Flagey - Du Coeur D'Ixelles Ecole Communale N°4 D'Ixelles, Groupe Scolaire De Ten Bosch and Athenee Royal D'Ixelles.
The local shopping list includes 13 Carrefour, 12 Delhaize, 2 LIDL, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 OKay and 1 Delitraiteur. Residents can use 28 Villo! bike-share stations and 24 Cambio car-share stations, and there are 10 electric-vehicle charging stations. Brussels Airport is 13 minutes away by car, or 55 minutes by public transport. Households have an average of 0.4 cars.